Mid-Atlantic Aphasia Conference

About Us

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The Mid-Atlantic Aphasia Conference

The Mid-Atlantic Aphasia Conference is an independent aphasia support group created by members from Hopewell Township, NJ, Hamilton, NJ, Levittown, PA and Willow Grove, PA aphasia support groups. The intention of creating this group is to connect people living with aphasia as well as those who care for individuals with aphasia, in the tri-state area.

The MAAC (Mid-Atlantic Aphasia Conference) will facilitate an Aphasia Support Group and a Care Partner/Caregiver Support Group quarterly, September, December, March, June.

The Mid-Atlantic Aphasia Conference is holding a virtual event and an in person event during the Aphasia Awareness Month. See the Virtual Conference and the In Person Conference.

What is Aphasia?

Aphasia is an impairment of language, affecting the production or comprehension of speech and the ability to read or write. Aphasia is always due to injury to the brain-most commonly from a stroke, particularly in older individuals. But brain injuries resulting in aphasia may also arise from head trauma, from brain tumors, or from infections.

Aphasia can be so severe as to make communication with the patient almost impossible, or it can be very mild. It may affect mainly a single aspect of language use, such as the ability to retrieve the names of objects, or the ability to put words together into sentences, or the ability to read. More commonly, however, multiple aspects of communication are impaired, while some channels remain accessible for a limited exchange of information.